Eight disciplines (not 5 as Kandel states) are enfolded in modern neuroscience:


  1. anatomy: tract tracing/stereology/synaptology
  2. developmental biology: embryology/cell culture/pre-, post-natal; lifespan
  3. biophysics: pre-, post-, and trans-synaptic electrophysiology
  4. pharmacology: receptor-effector systems/chemical signalling/secretory
  5. cell biology: physiology/biochemistry/physical chemistry
  6. molecular biology: gene expression, transcription, translation, modification
  7. computer science: modelling/network computing/AI(artificial intelligence)
  8. psychology: cognitive science/behavioral science/ethnology

Last updated Aug 29, 1998, 9:30 a.m.